1991 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team: Difference between revisions

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Schedule

Roster

Coaching staff

Game notes

Rankings

References

Utah State

Colorado State

Washington

Arizona State

Oklahoma State

Kansas State

Missouri

Colorado

Kansas

Iowa State

Oklahoma

Miami

Awards

NFL and Pro Players

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Ranking
Coaches	No. 16
AP	No. 15

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1991 Big Eight Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 15 Nebraska +	6	–	0	–	1	9	–	2	–	1
No. 20 Colorado +	6	–	0	–	1	8	–	3	–	1
No. 16 Oklahoma	5	–	2	–	0	9	–	3	–	0
Kansas State	4	–	3	–	0	7	–	4	–	0
Kansas	3	–	4	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
Iowa State	1	–	5	–	1	3	–	7	–	1
Missouri	1	–	6	–	0	3	–	7	–	1
Oklahoma State	0	–	6	–	1	0	–	10	–	1

+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

The 1991 Nebraska Cornhuskers Football Team was the representative of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in the 1991 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team was coached by Tom Osborne and played their home games in Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Nebraska.

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September 7 Utah State*No. 14

W 59-28 76,115 September 14 Colorado State*No. 13

W 71-14 76,379 September 21No. 4 Washington*No. 9

L 21-36 76,304 September 28at No. 24 Arizona State*No. 16

W 18-9 72,812 October 12at Oklahoma StateNo. 14

W 49-15 30,150 October 19 Kansas StateNo. 9

W 38-31 76,209 October 26 MissouriNo. 9

W 63-6 76,244 November 2at No. 15 ColoradoNo. 9

T 19-19 52,319 November 9at KansasNo. 11

W 59-23 40,000 November 16 Iowa StateNo. 11

W 38-13 76,078 November 29No. 19 OklahomaNo. 11

W 19-14 76,386 January 1vs. No. 1 Miami*No. 11

L 0-22 77,747

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Name	Title	First year in this position	Years at Nebraska	Alma Mater
Tom Osborne	Head Coach Offensive Coordinator	1973	1964-1997	Hastings College
Charlie McBride	Defensive Coordinator	1981	1977-1999	Colorado
Kevin Steele	Linebackers	1989	1989-1994	University of Tennessee
Ron Brown	Receivers Tight Ends	1987	1987-2003, 2008-	Brown University
Dan Young	Offensive Line Kicking	1985	1985-2002	Reed College
Milt Tenopir	Offensive Line	1974	1974-2002
Tony Samuel	Outside Linebackers	1986	1986-1996	Nebraska
George Darlington	Defensive Backs		1973-2002
Frank Solich	Running Backs		1979-2003	Nebraska
Boyd Epley	Head Strength Coach	1969	1969-2003	Nebraska
Jack Pierce			1979-1991

Utah State at Nebraska [box score]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Utah State	7	7	6	8	28
• Nebraska	17	7	16	19	59

Date: 1991-09-07
Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska
Game attendance: 76,115

Colorado State at Nebraska [box score]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Colorado State	0	0	14	0	14
• Nebraska	17	26	14	14	71

Date: 1991-09-14
Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska
Game attendance: 76,379

Washington at Nebraska [box score]

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Washington	0	6	10	20	36
Nebraska	7	7	7	0	21

Date: 1991-09-21
Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska
Game attendance: 76,304

Nebraska at Arizona State [box score]

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Nebraska	8	0	3	7	18
Arizona State	0	3	6	0	9

Date: 1991-09-28
Location: Sun Devil Stadium, Tempe, Arizona
Game attendance: 72,812

Nebraska at Oklahoma State [box score]

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Nebraska	14	7	7	21	49
Oklahoma State	0	3	5	7	15

Date: 1991-10-12
Location: Lewis Field, Stillwater, Oklahoma
Game attendance: 30,150

Kansas State at Nebraska [box score]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Kansas State	7	10	14	0	31
• Nebraska	14	3	7	14	38

Date: 1991-10-19
Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska
Game attendance: 76,209

Missouri at Nebraska [box score]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Missouri	3	3	0	0	6
• Nebraska	21	21	14	7	63

Date: 1991-10-26
Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska
Game attendance: 76,244

Nebraska at Colorado [box score]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Nebraska	3	6	3	7	19
Colorado	7	5	7	0	19

Date: 1991-11-02
Location: Folsom Field, Boulder, Colorado
Game attendance: 52,319

Nebraska at Kansas [box score]

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Nebraska	0	17	14	28	59
Kansas	17	3	3	0	23

Date: 1991-11-09
Location: Memorial Stadium, Lawrence, Kansas
Game attendance: 40,000

Iowa State at Nebraska [box score]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Iowa State	0	6	0	7	13
• Nebraska	10	14	7	7	38

Date: 1991-11-16
Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska
Game attendance: 76,078

Oklahoma at Nebraska [box score]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Oklahoma	7	7	0	0	14
• Nebraska	0	3	7	9	19

Date: 1991-11-29
Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska
Game attendance: 76,386

Miami vs Nebraska [box score]

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Miami	13	0	9	0	22
Nebraska	0	0	0	0	0

Date: 1992-01-01
Location: Miami Orange Bowl, Miami, Florida
Game attendance: 77,747

Ranking Movement
Poll	Pre	Wk 1	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12	Wk 13	Wk 14	Final
AP	15	14	13	9	16	15	14	9	9	9	11	11	11	11	11	15
Coaches																16

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Award	Name(s)
All-America 2nd team	Will Shields
All-America 3rd team	Derek Brown, Johnny Mitchell
Big 8 Coach of the Year	Tom Osborne
Big 8 Offensive Player of the Year	Keithen McCant
Big 8 Offensive Newcomer of the Year	Calvin Jones
All-Big 8 1st team	Brian Boerboom, Jon Bostick, Derek Brown, Tyrone Legette, Keithen McCant, Johnny Mitchell, Will Shields, Mike Stigge, Erik Wiegert
All-Big 8 2nd team	Steve Carmer, Curtis Cotton, Pat Engelbert, Travis Hill, Calvin Jones, Mike Petko
All-Big 8 honorable mention	Mike Anderson, Byron Bennett, Tyrone Byrd, Lance Lewis, John Parrella, Jim Scott, William Washington, David White, Kenny Wilhite

The following Nebraska players who participated in the 1991 season later moved on to the next level and joined a professional or semi-pro team as draftees or free agents.^[5]

Name	Team
Trev Alberts	Indianapolis Colts
Mike Anderson	Amsterdam Admirals
Derek Brown	New Orleans Saints
Terris Chorney	Edmonton Eskimos
Doug Colman	New York Giants
Corey Dixon	Atlanta Falcons
Troy Dumas	Kansas City Chiefs
Travis Hill	Cleveland Browns
Tyrone Hughes	New Orleans Saints
Calvin Jones	Los Angeles Raiders
Donta Jones	Pittsburgh Steelers
Tyrone Legette	New Orleans Saints
Keithen McCant	Winnipeg Blue Bombers
Johnny Mitchell	New York Jets
John Parrella	Buffalo Bills
John Reece	Kansas City Chiefs
Cory Schlesinger	Detroit Lions
Will Shields	Kansas City Chiefs
Brenden Stai	Pittsburgh Steelers
Nate Turner	Buffalo Bills
David White	New England Patriots
Zach Wiegert	St. Louis Rams
Rob Zatechka	New York Giants

Achola, George #4 (Sr.) IB
Alberts, Trev #34 (So.) OLB
Alexander, Leonard (So.) ILB
Anderson, Mike #48 (So.) ILB
Armstrong, Gerald #95 (So.) TE
Baker, Jason (Unk) C
Baldwin, Andrew Scott #29 (Jr.) FB
Banks, Alvin #39 (Sr.) ILB
Barry, Ryan (So.) MG
Beler, Ernie #23 (So.) SS
Bennett, Byron #13 (So.) PK
Blatny, Rick (So.) IB
Boerboom, Brian #76 (Sr.) OT
Bostick, Jon #18 (Sr.) SE
Branch, Troy #54 (So.) ILB
Brinkley, Lorenzo #5 (So.) CB
Brown, Brian #94 (Sr.) DT
Brown, Derek #21 (So.) IB
Byrd, Tyrone #8 (Jr.) FS
Carmer, Steve #31 (Jr.) SS
Caskey, Brady (So.) OG
Chaney, Jeff #65 (Sr.) OG
Chorney, Terris #55 (Jr.) C
Cisco, Zeke #45 (So.) SS
Collins, Sedric #17 (Fr.) CB
Colman, Doug #46 (Fr.) ILB
Connealy, Terry (Fr.) DT
Cornwell, Joel (Jr.) QB
Cotton, Curtis #9 (Sr.) CB
Davison, Faron (So.) FB
Demuth, Chris (So.) OG
Dixon, Corey #2 (So.) SE
Dowse, Mark #11 (Sr.) WB
Duin, Darin #28 (Jr.) SE
Dumas, Troy #4 (Fr.) FS
Engelbert, Pat #97 (Sr.) MG
Fiala, David (So.) FB
Fleischman, Chris (So.) TE
Fletcher, Greg (So.) OLB
Furrow, Bart (So.) OG
Garland, Tory (So.) OLB
Garrett, Chris #80 (Sr.) TE
Geiken, Shane #43 (Sr.) ILB
Gesky, Joel (So.) OT
Giesbrecht, Travis (So.) SS
Glantz, Robert #37 (Sr.) FB
Gragnano, Todd (Fr.) QB

Grant, Mike #1 (Sr.) QB
Grass, Chris (Jr.) CB
Gray, Lance #91 (So.) OLB
Haase, Tom #15 (Sr.) QB
Havens, Brian (So.) ILB
Hawkins, Vincent #38 (Jr.) WB
Heins, Mike #40 (So.) CB
Herman, Jay (So.) FS
Heyne, Todd (So.) OLB
Higman, Jerad (So.) OLB
Hill, Travis #93 (Jr.) OLB
Hilman, Matt #74 (Jr.) DT
Hughes, Tyrone #33 (Jr.) SE
Humphrey, Bill #63 (So.) C
Irons, Jerry (So.) MG
Jensen, Dave #69 (Jr.) OG
Johnk, Tim #41 (Sr.) FB
Jones, Calvin #44 (Fr.) IB
Jones, Donta #84 (Fr.) OLB
Jones, LeRoi (So.) ILB
Jones, Matt (So.) QB
Joseph, Mickey #2 (Sr.) QB
Lang, Jeff #14 (So.) PK
Leader, David #42 (Jr.) OLB
Legette, Tyrone #3 (Sr.) CB
Leise, Daryl #85 (Sr.) TE
Lewis, Lance #26 (Sr.) FB
Licht, Jason (So.) OG
Liewer, Jamie #70 (Jr.) DT
Lundberg, Lance #77 (So.) OT
Mahalek, David (So.) OLB
Mapes, Mike (So.) C
McCant, Keithen #10 (Sr.) QB
McDuffy, Andre #7 (Sr.) FB
McMillen, John (Jr.) QB
Mehlin, Ken #62 (So.) OG
Mercer, Brady (So.) CB
Mitchell, Johnny #86 (So.) TE
Moore, Bruce #90 (So.) DT
Muhammad, Abdul #27 (Fr.) WB
Mundt, Brad (Jr.) C
Noonan, David #73 (So.) MG
Parrella, John #92 (Jr.) DT
Penland, Matt #52 (Jr.) ILB
Pesterfield, Jason (So.) DT
Petko, Mike #99 (Sr.) ILB
Pleasant, Dan #82 (Sr.) SE

Pollard, Brian #36 (Jr.) SS
Powell, Vernon #16 (So.) CB
Prater, Kelly (Sr.) WB
Prevette, Jim (So.) ILB
Rader, Travis (So.) FB
Ramaekers, Kevin #67 (So.) DT
Reece, John #6 (So.) FS
Reetz, Andy (So.) ILB
Reifenrath, Ray #59 (Sr.) OT
Salvo, Greg (Jr.) CB
Schepers, Eric #81 (So.) SE
Schlesinger, Cory (So.) FB
Schneider, Dean #24 (So.) FS
Scott, Jim #51 (Jr.) C
Seizys, David #46 (So.) WB
Shields, Will #75 (Jr.) OG
Sieler, Tom #35 (Fr.) PK
Slansky, Trent (T.J.) #78 (Jr.) OG
Solich, Jeff (So.) CB
Soto, Omar #25 (Sr.) FB
Spachman, Scott (So.) DT
Specht, Pat (So.) PK
Stai, Brenden #66 (So.) OG
Stewart, Ed #32 (Fr.) ILB
Stigge, Mike #47 (Jr.) P
Turner, Nate #33 (Sr.) WB
Vedral, Mike #88 (Jr.) TE
Waddell, Doug #68 (Jr.) OT
Wade, Billy #83 (So.) TE
Washington, William #89 (Jr.) TE
Werner, Tom #87 (Jr.) SE
Wertz, Austin (So.) SS
Weyers, Jamie #12 (So.) FS
White, David #96 (Jr.) OLB
Wiegert, Erik #61 (Sr.) OT
Wiegert, Zach #72 (Fr.) OT
Wightman, Paul #49 (Jr.) ILB
Wiles, Duane #98 (Fr.) SE
Wilhite, Kenny #19 (Jr.) CB
Wilks, Joel #65 (So.) OG
Williams, Daren #51 (So.) ILB
Zahn, Tyler #35 (Jr.) ILB
Zatechka, Rob #56 (Fr.) OT
Ziegelbein, Bill #53 (Sr.) C
Zyzda, Chris #64 (Jr.) OG

^ "Football - 1991 Schedule/Results". University of Nebraska-Lincoln Athletics Department. Retrieved 2009-05-24.
^ Nebraska 1991 Roster
^ "Nebraska 1991 Commitments". Archived from the original on 2009-05-27. Retrieved 2009-05-24. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ 1991 Husker Honors
^ "All Time NFL Huskers". Archived from the original on 2009-05-27. Retrieved 2009-05-24. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[1] "Football - 1991 Schedule/Results". University of Nebraska-Lincoln Athletics Department. Retrieved 2009-05-24.

[2] Nebraska 1991 Roster

[3] "Nebraska 1991 Commitments". Archived from the original on 2009-05-27. Retrieved 2009-05-24. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[4] 1991 Husker Honors

[5] "All Time NFL Huskers". Archived from the original on 2009-05-27. Retrieved 2009-05-24. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

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v t e Nebraska Cornhuskers football
Venues	Lincoln Park (1891–1893) Antelope Field (1894–1908) Nebraska Field (1909–1922) Memorial Stadium (1923–present)
Bowls and rivalries	Bowl games Colorado Iowa Kansas Kansas State Miami (FL) Minnesota Missouri Oklahoma Wisconsin
Culture and lore	History Herbie Husker Lil' Red "Dear Old Nebraska U" "Hail Varsity" Cornhusker Marching Band Blackshirts Origin of "Cornhuskers" nickname 1939 Kansas State game Game of the Century (1971 Oklahoma game) Fumblerooski 1982 Penn State game Flea Kicker Black 41 Flash Reverse Pass 2009 Big 12 Championship Game Yes Man
People	Head coaches All-Americans NFL draftees Statistical leaders
Seasons	1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
National championship seasons in bold

v t e NCAA football seasons
Pre-NCAA	1869 1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905
NCAA pre-divisional	1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959
NCAA University Division	1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972
NCAA Division I	1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
NCAA Division I-A/FBS	1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
NCAA Division I-AA/FCS	1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
NCAA College Division	1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972
NCAA Division II	1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
NCAA Division III	1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024

v t e Orange Bowl
History & conference tie-ins	History Miami Orange Bowl Hard Rock Stadium College Football Playoff Broadcasters Atlantic Coast Conference Big Ten Conference Southeastern Conference Notre Dame
Games	1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 (January) 1996 (December) 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 (January) 2014 (December) 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2021 (January) 2021 (December) 2022 2023
Notes	The game was also the national title game (Bowl Coalition, Bowl Alliance, or Bowl Championship Series) in 1994, 1995, 1998, 2001, and 2005. There was an Orange Bowl in January and December in 1996, 2014, and 2021. The 2015, 2018, and 2021 (December) editions were College Football Playoff semifinals.